题目内容
One day a girl gets a package in the mail. It contains US$3,000___31__cash and a letter from ????her late (去世的) Aunt Peg. Aunt Peg has something useful to pass __32___to her niece, but a rather unusual way of going about it. The girl __33___ (give) a set of instructions: "Go to an address in New York and pick up a package, get a passport and buy yourself a one-way ticket to London." ___34___ she flies she is told to make sure she only takes ___35___she can fit into a backpack. No money, credit cards, camera. No mobile phone ___36____ laptop. And once she gets to Europe she can't call or even e-mail home. On the plane, Ginny opens the New York package. It sends her to a flat in London where a man___37__ (name) Richard seems to be expecting her.
This is __38____ US author Maureen Johnson's hit teen novel, "13 Little Blue Envelopes" opens. ___39____ heroine (女主人公) is Ginny, a quiet, 17-year-old girl , __40___ has a great adventure ahead of her.
31. in 32. on 33. is given 34. Before 35. what
36. where 37. named 38. how 39. Its 40. who
解析:
解读：
31．考查介词。
32．考查动词固定搭配。
33．考查被动语态。
34．考查连词的用法。
35．考查名词性从句连接代词what。
36．考查否定和or连用。
37．考查非谓语动词的用法。
38．考查疑问副词how引导表语从句的用法。
39．考查形容词性物主代词 。
40．考查定语从句关系代词who。
I don’t want to talk about being a woman scientist again. There was a time in my life when people asked constantly for stories about what it’s like to work in a field dominated (controlled) by men. I was never very good at telling those stories because truthfully I never found them interesting. What I do find interesting is the origin of the universe, the shape of space, time and the nature of black holes.
At 19, when I began studying astrophysics(天体物理学), it did not bother me in the least to be the only woman in the classroom. But while earning my Ph.D. at MIT and then as a post-doctor doing space research, the issue started to bother me. My every achievement—jobs, research papers, awards—was viewed through the lens (镜片) of gender (性别) politics. So were my failures. Sometimes, when I was pushed into an argument on left brain versus (相对于) right brain, or nature versus nurture (培育), I would instantly fight fiercely on my behalf and all womankind.
Then one day a few years ago, out of my mouth came a sentence that would eventually become my reply to any and all provocations (挑衅) : I don’t talk about that anymore. It took me 10 years to get back the confidence I had at 19 and to realize that I didn’t want to deal with gender issues. Why should curing sexism be yet another terrible burden on every female scientist? After all, I don’t study sociology or political theory.
Today I research and teach at Barnard, a women’s college in New York City. Recently, someone asked me how many of the 45 students in my class were women. You cannot imagine my satisfaction at being able to answer, 45. I know some of my students worry how they will manage their scientific research and a desire for children. And I don’t dismiss those concerns. Still, I don’t tell them “war” stories. Instead, I have given them this: the visual of their physics professor heavily pregnant doing physics experiments. And in turn they have given me the image of 45 women driven by a love of science. And that’s a sight worth talking about.
【小题1】Why doesn’t the author want to talk about being a woman scientist again?
| A．She is fed up with the issue of gender discrimination (歧视). |
| B．She feels unhappy working in male-dominated fields. |
| C．She is not good at telling stories of the kind. |
| D．She finds space research more important. |
| A．the burden she bears in a male-dominated society |
| B．her involvement in gender politics |
| C．her over-confidence as a female astrophysicist |
| D．the very fact that she is a woman |
A. Lack of confidence in succeeding in space science.
B. Unfair accusations from both inside and outside her circle.
C. People’s fixed attitude toward female scientists.
D. Widespread misconceptions about nature and nurtured.
【小题4】What does the image the author presents to her students suggest?
| A．Women students needn’t have the concerns of her generation. |
| B．Women can balance a career in science and having a family. |
| C．Women have more barriers on their way to academic success. |
| D．Women now have fewer problems pursuing a science career. |